Stephen Walt.
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Russia’s Favorite Syrian Warlord – The Atlantic
Sam Dagher.
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Oppositions algériennes : au-delà du pouvoir
Said Sadi, former head of RCD party
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Who is Losing the Nile?
Sisi, apparently.
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L’Algérie tétanisée par un cinquième mandat de Bouteflika
Elites can’t agree on a successor, so he stays.
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Why do white people like what I write?
Pankaj Mishra on Ta-Nehisi Coates; delicious and deserved attack on The Atlantic.
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‘Ensuring happier lives’: Chinese media defends move to make Xi Jinping all powerful
This has relevance for MENA, esp. Egypt…
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Salman’s Legacy | Hurst Publishers
New book edited by Madawi al-Rasheed.
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Officer in Egypt catches boy who falls from balcony; incident caught on video
Awesome.
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Witnessing the Collapse of the Global Elite – The Atlantic
Eliot A. Cohen.
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